The wood is a little darker on the 1%. Thats just an area where all the paper has been engraved off but the wood hasnt really been touched.
Yeah , thats why Ive started putting the dates on these. There is definitely a change in how they are handling the power scaling as of late. The one from january bottoms out around 33% and the ones from this week bottom out around 16.6%.
Funny thing is, it will probably have more functionality out of the box on day 1 than the muse will ever have (and a lot of other lasers), and will continue to add more down the road.
I canāt find anything as low as 45W on the Reci site. What I have learned is as power goes up the voltage and current go up but the pre-ionisation current always seems to be 4ma. So for a higher wattage tube the minimum power is more but doesnāt increase as fast as the wattage. That is assuming output power is a linear function of input power.
Another thing I noticed is their tubes are rated for water up to 40C, which is a lot better than the 27C I found before. It makes cooling a lot easier because it is the difference between ambient that is important.
Speaking from experience, Cocobolo is a lovely wood but it does horrible things over time.
I canāt work with it anymore.
More then a few minutes of working with it and I get asthma attacks.
I did really like working with it when i could as it has such a tight grain and sanded down to an almost plastic like finish.
I agree with @printolaser - thanks a bunch for posting your thoughts on your experiences and understanding of the technical aspects of laser cutting/engraving.
I canāt hear the word cocobolo without thinking of Better Call Saul and his desk. āI donāt know what it means, but I like saying the word cocobolo.ā
When I start throwing in the third body problem of lines per inch into developing test engraves coupled with speed and power, Iām very happy for Proofgrade, autosettings and @takitus work in this thread.
Engraving still has many improvements ahead. Right now, changing the power field in engraving does very little, for example. We generally engrave at 100% and adjust LPI and speed to get the desired depth.